Across the U.S., colleges are faltering and so are the once booming towns around them. Enrollment is down at many of the ...

U of I Chancellor Robert Jones warns that Illinois' proposed funding model for public universities could undermine access, ...

Southern Illinois University, just 40 miles north ... still carries traces of its college-town energy, and SIU remains the largest employer in the region. But there’s an undeniable fade as ...

But a new report by a higher education advocacy group says that statistic offers an incomplete picture. While the completion rate may be high for those who succeed in making the transfer to a ...

Amid a standout season last year, University ... Napoleon Harris and Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch. Buckner said he remembered what it was like to be a college athlete and ...

In a multiyear pilot program, the University of Illinois System is working with nonprofit One Million Degrees to bridge the community college transfer gap and improve student outcomes. The project ...

The University of Illinois Chicago is partnering with Chicago ... city high school students face on their path to and through college. Officials say the launch of “Chicago Roadmap 2.0” will ...

MACOMB, Ill.—At Western Illinois University, an empty dorm that once held 800 students is now a police training ground, where active-shooter drills have left behind overturned furniture ...